Potomac Valley Skiers
SNOWMASS 2008
Thursday, January 17 – Thursday, January 24
We will again be staying slope-side at the Snowmass Mountain Chalet (SMC) which is just below the Snowmass Mall. The SMC is a small lodge with 64 rooms, from which you can ski to one of four lifts. Check the web site at: www.mountainchalet.com. The total package is: Delta Airlines from Dulles to Salt Lake City and Salt Lake to Aspen and return (see over for airline schedule) plus the land transfer from Aspen airport to SMC and return; 5 day lift ticket (good for all ski areas in the Aspen complex – those over 70 can get a silver pass) with option for a sixth ski day; 7 nights lodging (double occupancy); 7 breakfasts; daily soup lunch; 2 group dinners; luggage handling; après ski parties including welcome wine & cheese party and an all guest hotel sponsored party; pre-trip and post-trip party. Trip insurance is available as an option and is highly suggested (see over). Additional nights at Snowmass are an option and air can be altered to accommodate resulting date changes. All alternate air will be quoted on an individual basis.
Category Description Price
Full Snowmass Package $1960
Land only* subtract $ 379
Single Supplement add $ 922
Non-skiers subtract $ 208
Add sixth ski day add $ 42
Over 70 (silver pass) subtract $ 17
Payment Schedule
Deposit of $250 is due with application and is fully refundable until August 1st. A payment of $750 is due August 15th. Final payment is due October 21. A fee of $10 will be charged for late payments. *Land only price includes $20 surcharge to cover costs.
Please send the completed form below together with a deposit of $250 and/or your 2nd payment. For more info, call Carolyn Maurer or David DeVilbiss at 703-370-4865 or Snowmass2008@pvskiers.org . Make checks payable to Carolyn Maurer, put PVS Snowmass 2008 on the memo line, and mail to 4508 Peacock Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304.
Name(s) as on your Official ID:_________________________________________________________
Address:__________________________________________Home Phone no.____________________
________________________________________Email________________________________
I have read the disclosure on the back of this form:__________________________________________
__________________________________________
(Signature of each person listed on this form is required)
Please check all appropriate spaces (ages are as of trip time):
Total package with standard air___or alternate air (different city or dates) ___ or Land Only___
Total price of trip (without insurance and without extra nights at SMC) – see above rates $__________
Trip insurance optional: yes___ or no___ (If yes, we will notify you with the price as soon as available)
Age___ (at time of trip; for insurance). Sixth ski day: yes___no___; Silver Pass: yes___no___;
Ski rental: yes___ no___
Roommate (if not listed on this form)_______________________Bedding choice (if available):
1 king___ or 2 queens___
Additional nights at SMC: yes___or no___: if so, before__or after__trip:
# of nights_____ (Additional nights to be arranged directly with SMC).
The Mountain Chalet
The Snowmass Mountain Chalet is an independent lodge, managed on site. Each room has either 2 queen beds or 1 king bed. All rooms have: hair dryer, TV, small refrigerator, etc. The lodge has a nice lounge on the main floor with lots of chairs, game tables, fireplace, and has large windows overlooking the slopes. There is an elevator, exercise room, outdoor pool, hot tub and laundry facilities. A full breakfast is served family style each morning. A complimentary soup lunch is served from 12:00-1:30 PM. The lodge has no restaurant for dinner. However, the Snowmass Mall, on the level above, has many restaurants of all price levels; one can walk up some stairs or use the elevator at the end of the mall. Bus service stops for trips into Aspen town, to other Aspen ski areas, and to Glenwood Springs are nearby.
Airline Schedule (subject to changes in UA schedules):
Jan. 17: Delta flight #1105 at 7:47 AM from Dulles to Salt Lake City (arrive at 10:28 AM) then flight
#3942 at 11:15 AM Salt Lake to Aspen (arrive at 12:16 PM).
Jan. 24: Delta flight #3943 at 1:00 PM from Aspen to Salt Lake (arrive at 2:05 PM) then flight
#1136 at 4:55 PM from Salt Lake to Dulles (arrive 10:54 PM).
Trip Insurance
Trip insurance is available to all group participants and price is available for those wishing to purchase. The insurance provides coverage for accident, illness, injury, or death to attendee or immediate family member and will refund all perishable expenses associated with PVS Snowmass 2008 in these circumstances alone.
Cancellation Policy and Fees*
*If it becomes necessary for you to cancel your trip, the trip leaders will try to minimize your losses although some fees are mandated by the airline, hotel and tour operator. All cancellations must be in writing. We strongly urge you to purchase trip insurance (see above).
*If you are a “single” participant requesting space on a PVS-endorsed ski trip, and your roommate cancels, you will be offered the choice of one of the following three options: 1) Helping the trip leader find a replacement trip participant who will fill the space vacated; or 2) Staying on the ski trip by paying the “single supplement”; or 3) Canceling from the ski trip and paying all currently due penalties.
*Cancellation fees are as follows: None prior to August 1; Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 $200; Oct.1 to
Oct. 31 $500; Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 $1200. Additional charges may apply, depending upon actual costs. After Dec. 1 no refund is likely.
PVS Standard Disclosure
Partial or full payment for a reservation on this Snowmass trip shall constitute consent to all provisions stated herein. PVS, its officers, its representatives, its agents or its members shall not be responsible for personal injuries, property damage, or loss, delay, or the change of itinerary to any person or trip participant which arises out of the action of any air carrier, hotel, or other persons rendering any services, accommodations and right to substitute hotels of similar or better category and to change transportation arrangements being offered, or by reason of any circumstance. PVS designated Trip Leaders, should circumstances demand, have the right to substitute hotels of similar or better category and to change transportation schedules. In the event of such changes, no refund or credit will be provided if accommodations, services, and transportation arrangements are of comparable or better quality or standards to those which were to be provided and are during the same approximate period. Any such change shall not modify the cancellation provisions of the Trip Agreement. No credit will be allowed or refund given for any service included as part of the trip and not used by individual participants unless agreed to by the Trip Leaders in advance. If the trip is canceled for any reason whatsoever, PVS shall only be responsible to make a maximum effort to obtained the refund of all payments previously made for the trip from the person to whom the payment was made and there shall not be any further obligation on the part of PVS, its officers, its representatives, its agents or its members. Trip participants on this PVS sanctioned trip shall ski at their own risk and therefore PVS officers, its Board of Directors or its members shall not be responsible for any personal injury, property damage or injuries to others by a participant on a PVS sanctioned trip.